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Criminal Entertainment 

4 Charged in LA Death of Rapper Pop Smoke

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
hip-hop, Los Angeles, murder, rappers, robbery

Two men and two teens have been charged in the death of rising rapper Pop Smoke, who was killed during a Los Angeles home-invasion robbery in February, the district attorney’s office said Monday.

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Appeals Criminal Entertainment Trials 

Rap Video

March 30, 2020March 31, 2020 BRIEF
felony, Guns, hip-hop, retrial, Sixth Circuit, verdict

Ordering a retrial of Terrance Craig, who was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm after his involvement in a high-speed shootout, the Sixth Circuit ruled that the government had no legal basis to show the jury an unadmitted video exhibit depicting a masked person rapping and holding a firearm.

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Criminal Entertainment Regional 

Rap Impostors Accused of Scamming Luxury Hotels of Thousands

February 12, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Atlanta, celebrity, hip-hop, hotels, Music, wealth

A crew of Rolls Royce-riding identity thieves who posed as rap industry figures scammed more than $100,000 from some of the South’s most exclusive hotels, prosecutors say.

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Entertainment Media 

Hip-Hop World

January 16, 2020January 17, 2020 BRIEF
alcohol, celebrity, children, hip-hop, television

Rapper Damon Dash sued Entertainment One Reality Productions in L.A. Superior Court, claiming it broke its promise that it would not make his son drink alcohol while filming the series “Growing Up Hip Hop.”

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Criminal Entertainment Personal Injury 

Hip-Hop World

January 13, 2020 BRIEF
hip-hop, sexual assault

A woman claims in federal court that hip-hop producer Jamal Rashid aka Molly Mall drugged and sexually assaulted her at his house, giving her what doctors called  “injuries consistent with a rape;” Rashid pleaded guilty to prostitution-related charges last year.

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Entertainment Religion 

That Was Rude

January 13, 2020 BRIEF
emotional distress, hip-hop

The Benedictine Sisters of the Sacred Heart sued Daniel McLoyd aka IceJJFish for invasion of privacy, trespass and emotional distress, claiming the rapper broke into Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto to film a video featuring dancing and inappropriate language, in DuPage County Court, Ill.

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Civil Rights Criminal Entertainment 

Hip-Hop World

January 9, 2020January 10, 2020 BRIEF
defamation, hip-hop, Music, Philadelphia, Police, rappers

A Philadelphia police officer claims in federal court that Meek Mill, Roc Nation, Jay-Z, et al. defamed her in a documentary, “Free Meek.”

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Entertainment Personal Injury 

Sexual Battery

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 BRIEF
celebrity, hip-hop, Music, Photography, sexual assault

A photographer claims Damon Dash, a co-founder of (nonparty) Roc-A-Fella Records, sexually assaulted her at his home during a photo shoot, in federal court.

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Criminal Entertainment 

R. Kelly Pleads Not Guilty on Charges Linked to Aaliyah Marriage

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 AMANDA OTTAWAY
bribery, celebrity, hip-hop, rappers, sex abuse, teens

R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new Brooklyn indictment that charges the rapper with paying bribes so that Aaliyah, the hip-hop ingenue who died in a 2001 plane crash, could get a fake ID to marry him when she was just 15.

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Entertainment 

Sharon Stone

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 BRIEF
celebrity, hip-hop, Los Angeles, Music, Trademark

Actress Sharon Stone sued aspiring Chelsea Chanel Dudley pka Chanel West Coast in federal court, claiming she violates trademark in a song called “Sharon Stoned.”

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Arts Entertainment 

Hip-Hop World

October 16, 2019 BRIEF
Copyright, hip-hop

Chuck Ridenhour (Chuck D, of Public Enemy) claims Michael Closter, of Virginia, and his company Reach Global defrauded him of copyrights in 28 songs he wrote, in federal court.

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Arts Civil Rights Employment Entertainment 

Hip-Hop World

September 9, 2019 BRIEF
hip-hop

Raymond Price sued Southwest Airlines, claiming it fired him for recording his own hip-hop song, “Pocket Full of Change,” on his own time, because it contains, in the airline’s opinion, “derogatory language,” in Alameda County Court.

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Entertainment 

Hip-Hop Fraud

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 BRIEF
Fraud, hip-hop, Music

Carlton Ridenhour, pka Chuck D, a founding member of Public Enemy, claims Reach Music Publishing and Terrordome Music Publishing defrauded him of more than $1 million over the years, in L.A. Superior Court.

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Criminal Entertainment 

Singer R Kelly Arrested on More Sex Crime Charges

July 12, 2019July 12, 2019 LISA KLEIN
arrests, celebrity, hip-hop, Illinois, indictment, Obstruction, sex abuse

Adding to R. Kelly’s pile of legal troubles, the R&B star was hit with federal sex crime charges in two jurisdictions this week.  

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Civil Rights Criminal 

Outrage Over Senseless Killing of Black Teen

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arizona, hip-hop, murder, Music, race, teens

Hundreds of people including a presidential candidate spoke out on Twitter this week after a 17-year-old black youth was killed at suburban Phoenix convenience store, by a white man charged Tuesday with first-degree murder who said he felt threatened by the boy’s rap music.

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Arts Entertainment 

LL Cool J

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 BRIEF
celebrity, hip-hop, Music, Trademark

A federal judge granted default judgment to LL Cool J, a rapper whose real name is James Todd Smith, enjoining concert promoter Guerrilla Union from using the trademark “Rock the Bells.”

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Arts Criminal Entertainment Latest Headlines 

Rapper Nipsey Hussle Shot to Death in LA

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
hip-hop, Los Angeles, rappers, Shooting

Nipsey Hussle, the skilled and respected rapper who earned a Grammy nomination this year for his major-label debut and was greatly respected in South Los Angeles where he grew up, has been shot to death, authorities said. He was 33.

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Criminal 

Gangland News Fills Niche You Won’t See on TV

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chicago, Gangs, hip-hop, Journalism

Shawn Cotton no longer drives his $55,000, bright pink Corvette to work because he’s afraid it could get him killed, like his friend. But there are two things he won’t leave home without: his bulletproof vest and the 9 mm pistol he slips into his pocket.

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Business Entertainment Sports 

NBA Jerseys Styled After Notorious B.I.G. Draw Fire From Coogi

February 28, 2019March 1, 2019 NICK RUMMELL
apparel, basketball, Brooklyn, Copyright, eldSports, hip-hop, NBA, retail, Trademark

A sweater manufacturer is crying foul in federal court over the NBA’s attempt to honor Notorious B.I.G., claiming the league and retailers appropriated copyrighted designs that the late rapper popularized.

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Entertainment 

Busta Rhymes

December 24, 2018December 24, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
hip-hop, Music

Suing under the name Trevor George Smith Jr., rapper Busta Rhymes claims in court that Rasheem “Bubba” Barker skimmed half a million bucks from booking fees.

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